However on Tuesday the Korean Central News Agency said Kim had died in a car crash aged 73.

No more details of the incident were given.

Since Kim Jong un took over in 2011 a number of top aides have been dismissed by the mad despot.

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NOT BOTHERED: When he's not playing war games, Kim appears distant

“North Korea has a long track record of suspicious deaths around high-level officials,” North Korea expert Andrei Lankov told The Mirror.

“Most die either because they are machine-gunned or they die in car crashes.

“There are almost no cars and security for high-officials travelling in cars is extremely tight.

“Given that, one is bound to be sceptical about any such report coming from North Korea.”

Kim Jong un announced his backward nation had developed a Hydrogen bomb in December.

The news sent shivers through the West – but his comments were not independently confirmed.

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HUGE: Kim Jong-un has revealed North Korea has built an H-Bomb (not pictured)

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